A Killingly pharmacist was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation for illegally dispensing controlled substances, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

In 2009 and 2010, Brooklyn resident Daniel Fiore, 60, the owner and operator of Daniel’s Pharmacy, 42 Reynolds St., Killingly, dispensed Vicodin, Valium, Xanex and Halcion to friends and family without valid prescriptions, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. To cover his tracks, Fiore wrote fake prescriptions to create the impression the prescriptions had been called in by a doctor’s office.

:Fiore allegedly dispensed 1,542 tablets unlawfully.

He was arrested in January 2011 and surrendered his federal and state licenses.

In April, he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Ellen Brees Burns in New Haven sentenced Fiore to two years of probation and a $20,000 fine. He must serve the first six months of his sentence at home under electronic monitoring.

The investigation was conducted by special agents from the FBI and the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Diversion Investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Drug Control Division of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection and the Connecticut State Police Troop D Quality of Life Task Force.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David J. Sheldon.